A seven-year breast cancer survivor tells the nurse, My husband ...

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A seven-year breast cancer survivor tells the nurse, My husband will help me bathe when he gets here. What does the nurse interpret this statement to mean?
 
  a. The client is reluctant to have health care professionals see her chest scar.
  b. The client prefers to protect her modesty and privacy.
  c. The client has a healthy self-image regarding her husband.
  d. The client is not comfortable with the care she is receiving.

Question 2

The nurse selects appropriate tubing for a blood transfusion by ensuring that the tubing has
 
  a. Two-way valves to allow the patient's blood to mix and warm the blood transfusing.
  b. An injection port to mix additional electrolytes into the blood.
  c. An air vent to let bubbles in the blood escape.
  d. A filter to ensure that clots do not enter the patient.

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Answer to Question 1

C
Self-image and intimacy may be negatively affected after cancer surgery. It is a positive sign that the client is comfortable having her husband perform this task for her.
Although the client may be reluctant to have health care professionals see her chest scar, her his-tory of cancer surgery should direct the nurse to the more related option.
While the client may prefer to protect her modesty and privacy, the client's history of cancer surgery should direct the nurse to the more related option.
Although the client may not be comfortable with the care she is receiving, the client's history of cancer surgery should direct the nurse to the more related option.

Answer to Question 2

D
All blood transfusions must have a filter to prevent microemboli from being administered to the patient. The patient's blood should not be aspirated to mix with the infusion blood. The blood should not have air bubbles to vent; if a bag of blood does have bubbles, the nurse should promptly return the blood to the blood bank. The only substance compatible with blood is normal saline; no additives should be mixed with the infusing blood.